Dan Dare wrote
I once worked with one of the "young" ops inspectors, who must have been in his late 30s when AAIB took him. His CV included a (presumably engineering) degree, flying instructor, nats ATCO, single pilot IFR, orange passenger jets etc. Quite how the rest of us are supposed to get a look in I don't know
These chaps are at the pinnacle of their profession:
It's not therefore surprising that they have shed loads of experience before being appointed:
After all you wouldn't expect your heart transplant to be carried out by a rookie two years out of medical school, would you?
The way 'to get a look in' is to emulate the career paths of some of the present incumbents, see when AAIB are recruiting and see if they're taking suitably experienced trainees.
Cusco